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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. His Prayer is meritorious as well as his death, and so in justice nothing can be denied him.
3. He is infinitely beloved of the Father, and so when he appeareth nothing can be denied him.
Lastly, He doth not absolutely pray for any thing but what is conformable to his Fathers Will, and if so be we, who are the Sons of God by Adoption only, are sure to speed and to prevail when we keep close unto that Rule, how much more then shall the Natural Son of God!
Lastly, He doth not absolutely pray for any thing but what is conformable to his Fathers Will, and if so be we, who are the Sonnes of God by Adoption only, are sure to speed and to prevail when we keep close unto that Rule, how much more then shall the Naturall Sonne of God!
Use 1. To reprove those who either through pride think themselves above prayer, or else through profaneness neglect it: Christ prayed alone and with his Disciples, and thou hast neither Family-Prayer or private prayer: Christ gave thanks though for barley bread, and thou constantly eatest thy Food without acknowledging God to be the Author of that mercy.